The BEARR Trust is a UK-based organisation set up to help children and other vulnerable and disadvantaged groups in Russia, Eastern Europe, Central Asia and the South Caucasus. We believe the best way to do this is to help small health and welfare non-governmental organisations in the region to build knowledge, know-how, skills and contacts, including with those doing similar work in the UK.
BEARR works with partners in Russia, Ukraine, Belarus, Moldova, Georgia, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan.
BEARR is concentrating on health and social welfare issues, with particular emphasis on care of vulnerable groups and reform of the way the state deals with or looks after them. It is based in the UK and managed by a number of trustees with long experience and extensive knowledge of the countries of the region. BEARR has many partners among small and medium-sized voluntary and charitable organisations in the countries of the region. The Trust focuses on:
